Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Zac Efron and Christian McKay in Me and Orson Welles
Richard (Slacker) Linklater’s Orson Welles bio Me and Orson Welles unspooled at Toronto this evening, but the LA Times anti-blogger turned bloggy-blogger Patrick Goldstein got a sneak preview last night and he loved it.
The film takes place in 1937, a year before the Mercury Theatre Company’s [...]
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Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
According to ComingSoon, the Spike Jonze directed adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are has resurfaced on Warner Bros’ October 2009 Calendar.
Unsubstantiated rumors about the allegedly troubled production have swirled for months like turds in a toilet bowl and the film recently dropped off of WB’s release radar, but no one has gone [...]
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Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
As Toronto fires up and Venice winds down, here’s a smattering of reviews of the higher profile films critics are talking about.
The Wrestler. Though he found the plot of Darren Aronofsky’s film predictable at times, THR’s Stephen Farber liked this story of a former wrestling star, especially the performances, calling Mickey Rourke’s a career-best:
“Rourke dispenses [...]
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